Sentences with phrase «oversight over the school district»
Building on the recent and historic intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the district and City Council to expand transparency and access to information, we are calling for Council to convene a formal representative body, such as a Citizens» commission, comprised of a broad array of stakeholders, who can advise and assist City Council in exercising review and oversight over the School District of Philadelphia.
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Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;
Flanagan has been less receptive for state oversight when it came to installing a monitor in East Ramapo schools, where tensions have flared over the district's leadership from the Orthodox Jewish community.
The biggest oversight of CER's reform comes in its failure to rank states on how they have passed and implemented Parent Trigger laws that allow families to take over failing schools as well as gives them the ability to negotiate with districts on how those schools will be overhauled.
While touching lightly on all, this article focuses mainly on state reforms that take over schools, rather than districts, and that assume «LEA» functions for those schools — the mundane routines of oversight, administration, and finance that a local education agency (aka a conventional school district) ordinarily performs.
Other provisions impact teacher bonuses and scholarships and expansion of charter schools by taking over schools in low income areas without requiring district oversight.
At stake were four seats on the seven - member Board of Education — and the direction of the school system, whose leaders have been in a pitched battle over the growth and oversight of charters in the nation's second - largest district.
Freedom from state oversight is a key element of his plan that includes giving local leaders more control over their districts as well as giving high - performing schools near autonomy from Sacramento.
But there is a continuing debate over which of the two entities should provide broad oversight to the autonomous charters — the state - run Recovery School District or the Orleans Parish School Board, which had to surrender oversight of the failing schools.
The district's examination raises questions about how much oversight the elected school board exercises over the city's public charter schools.
He is currently the Lead School Social Worker for Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 on special assignment to incorporate mental health initiatives district - wide, provide supervision, direction, and support for over 30 social workers and has oversight and supervision of the Internship program that provides up to 12 internships for sDistrict 916 on special assignment to incorporate mental health initiatives district - wide, provide supervision, direction, and support for over 30 social workers and has oversight and supervision of the Internship program that provides up to 12 internships for sdistrict - wide, provide supervision, direction, and support for over 30 social workers and has oversight and supervision of the Internship program that provides up to 12 internships for students.